W3505 'Hendon Endeavour'
Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire W3505 Mk Vb Const #1786, Built at Eastleigh.
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W3797
Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire W3797 Mk Vb Const #1979, Built at Chattis Hill.
FF 20-8-41, Delivered to No 33 MU 21-8-41, assigned to 91S 29-8-41, Cat AC on Op's 10-1-42, ROS, assigned to 5th FS, 52nd PG USAAF 6-8-42, transferred to 109Obs Sqn 67 Obs Grp 8AF 2-2-43, Air collision with W3505 crashed Chetwynd Salop CE 14-2-43, SOC.
Service
Aircraft
Units
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67th Observation Group
Group
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109th Observation Squadron
Squadron
People
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Joseph Warburton
Military | Flight Officer | Pilot | 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group
Killed in Action (KIA) As a pilot in Reconnaissance Group, his Spitfire W3797 was involved in a mid-air collision during a training flight 14 Feb. 1943 with another squadron plane Spitfire W3505
Places
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Goxhill
Military site : airfield
Goxhill opened in June 1941 as an RAF Bomber Command airfield, before being handed over to RAF Fighter Command in December. The Eighth Air Force took ownership in August 1942, and used the airfield, which they quickly dubbed 'Goat Hill' for operational... -
Membury
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF operational training base, Membury was built during 1942, and then upgraded in 1943 after allocation to the USAAF as a reconnaissance or transport base, with maintenance and repair depot facilities. It had eventually three concrete...
Events
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| Manufactured | Chattis Hill, Spitfire Ln, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 6JS, UK | 20 August 1941 |
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Built at Chattis Hill. First flew 20-8-41. |
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| Delivered | Royal Air Force, Raf Station Lyneham, Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 4PZ, UK | 21 August 1941 |
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Delivered to No 33 MU 21-8-41. |
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| Assigned | Hawkinge, Kent, UK | 29 August 1941 |
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Assigned to 91 Sqn 29-8-41. |
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| Combat damage | 10 January 1942 | |
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Cat AC damage on Op's 10-1-42. |
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| Repair On Site ROS | Hawkinge, Kent, UK | 11 January 1942 – 5 March 1942 |
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Repair On Site. |
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| Assigned | Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire DN19, UK | 6 August 1942 |
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Assigned to 5th FS, 52nd PG USAAF 6-8-42. |
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| Transferred | Membury, Axminster, Devon EX13, UK | 2 February 1943 |
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Transferred to 109th Obs Sqn, 67th Obs Grp, 8thAF 2-2-43. |
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| Crashed | Chetwynd, Newport, Telford and Wrekin TF10, UK | 14 February 1943 |
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Mid air collision with Spitfire W3505 crashed Chetwynd Salop Cat CE 14-2-43, pilot Lt Joseph R Warburton KIA. |
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| Struck Off Charge SOC | Membury, Axminster, Devon EX13, UK | 15 February 1943 |
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Struck Off Charge. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 September 2015 15:49:34 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, description, events, aircraft associations, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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Spitfire Production List. |
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